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▪ I. rusa|ˈruːsə| [mod.L. (C. Hamilton Smith, 1827), a. Malay rūsa: cf. babiroussa.] Either of two deer, Cervus equinus or C. unicolor, native to southern Asia. Cf. sambur.
1783W. Marsden Hist. Sumatra 94 Deer: rooso: keejang. There are variety of the deer species; of which some are very large. 1827C. H. Smith in Griffith tr. Cuvier IV. 104 The Rusa Group. This group consisting of Stags entirely Asiatic, is distinguished from all other Deer, by having round horns with a brow antler, but no median or bezantler. Ibid. 105 The Great Rusa (Cervus Hippelaphus). Ibid. 116 Although the true Axines have horns of similar form with the Rusas, their structure is more slender. 1839T. J. Newbold Straits of Malacca I. vii. 436 Of the genus Cervus, are the Kijang.., the Rúsa or Cervus Hippelaphus. 1862Beveridge Hist. India I. Introd. 11 The Saumer, or black rusa of Bengal. Ibid., The great rusa stag, nearly as large as a horse. 1877Nature 26 Apr. 562/1 The additions..during the past week include a Rusa Deer (Cervus rusa) from Java. 1958J. Slimming Temiar Jungle ii. 23 A few yards away were the tracks of a Rusa, a Malayan deer. ▪ II. rusa variant of roosa. |